Course detail

Construction Technology of Urban Roads

FAST-NMA017Acad. year: 2020/2021

Principles and main parts of machines, mechanisms and plants. Technological processes, main mechanisms and their usage in earth works, improved subgrade, base course of unbound materials, stabilised and hydraulically bound materials, asphalt courses and Portland cement pavements. Technology of mixing, transportation, construction, compaction and quality control are presented. Furthermore pavement maintenance, repair and recycling technology and mechanisms are presented. Main mistakes in road constructions are documented. In exercises each student individually prepares the system of mechanisms for specified earth works, bitumen courses and different details of road and street construction and reconstruction.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Hýzl, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Road Structures (PKO)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of road design of roads, highways and urban roads.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Czech national body of standards regarding asphalt pavements.
2. Pavement subgrade of urban roads – construction materials and soil subgrade classification system.
3. Pavement construction of urban roads – quality and control acceptance.
4. Bases courses – grounted courses, unbound courses, hydraulically bound courses.
5. Surface courses of urban roads – rigid pavements, flexible pavements, blocks of flats.
6. Hot mix asphalt paving – paving, rolling procedure, requirements.
7. Pavement drainage design of urban roads.
8. Pavement distress survey and typical distresses of urban roads.
9. Maintenance and rehabilitation methods for asphalt pavement.
10. The usage of recycled materials.
11. Road marking and its implementation.
12. Skid resistance characteristics.
13. Urban roads in the world.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Not applicable.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-MI Master's, 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Hýzl, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Czech national body of standards regarding asphalt pavements. 2. Pavement subgrade of urban roads – construction materials and soil subgrade classification system. 3. Pavement construction of urban roads – quality and control acceptance. 4. Bases courses – grounted courses, unbound courses, hydraulically bound courses. 5. Surface courses of urban roads – rigid pavements, flexible pavements, blocks of flats. 6. Hot mix asphalt paving – paving, rolling procedure, requirements. 7. Pavement drainage design of urban roads. 8. Pavement distress survey and typical distresses of urban roads. 9. Maintenance and rehabilitation methods for asphalt pavement. 10. The usage of recycled materials. 11. Road marking and its implementation. 12. Skid resistance characteristics. 13. Urban roads in the world.

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Hýzl, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Individual task dealing with earth work. 2. Consultation of earth work solutions. 3. Standardization and Quality control. 4. Individual task dealing with different technologies of base laeyrs. 5 Individual task dealing with hot mix technology. 6. Presentation of earth work and base courses tasks. 7. Presentation of hot mix technologies. 8. Excursion to road building company.